Dr. Dustin Portela
Dustin Portela is your go-to dermatologist & doctor with content around skincare, healthy living, optimizing sleep, and fitness and exercise.
Gaining over two million followers on TikTok and other social media, Dustin Portela has become the go-to dermatologist on the internet for skincare. His straightforward approach and honesty has built trust in people of all ages to be a voice of reason in the internet age of outlandish skin hacks and shortcuts, misinformation, and countless products that promise to make us look younger, tighten our skin, erase our acne, etc.
Dustin Portela, DO, is a Board Certified Dermatologist and Dermatologic Surgeon. He is certified through the American Board of Dermatology, the largest national group of board certified dermatologists.
Dr. Portela’s professional memberships include the American Academy of Dermatology, American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, American Society for Mohs Surgery, and the American Osteopathic College of Dermatology.

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